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POULTRY BREEDING, MEAT PROCESSING AND TRADE - BUSINESS PLAN FOR A NEW COMPANY - A BUSINESS PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY BY BORIS HRISAFOV & GORAN STOJKOVSKI IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF EXECUTIVE MBA SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. DIMITRIOS VLACHOS JANUARY 2012

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POULTRY BREEDING, MEAT PROCESSING AND TRADE

- BUSINESS PLAN FOR A NEW COMPANY -

A BUSINESS PROJECT SUBMITTED TO

THE INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY

BY

BORIS HRISAFOV & GORAN STOJKOVSKI

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR

THE DEGREE OF EXECUTIVE MBA

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. DIMITRIOS VLACHOS

JANUARY 2012

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ABSTRACT

Food quality, safety and integrity are vital to all points along the meat supply

chain. Today’s consumers want to have fresh, naturally bred and healthy piece of easy

digestible meat, produced by high sanitary equipment, in an hygienic environment and

checked by a veterinarian. In addition to this, the product has to be distributed by

appropriate vehicles, in a nice package at the right place, right time and affordable

price. Therefore, if a company that produces and distributes meat wants to be a

successful one and to build market share, it would have to meet consumers’

requirements for healthy, natural food and make them feel privileged by consuming

its products.

The core purpose of this project is to create a business plan for a new established

company for breeding, production and trade with poultry in the emerging market of

RM.

The new company will dedicate time and put effort, knowledge and experience to

achieve highest possible results. The plant will be equipped with new high-tech

machines and will have its own veterinary department, which will be responsible the

technological process to meet the veterinary standards and local health regulations.

The production at the beginning would be intended for the domestic market only

and would be dominantly consisted of fresh products. Frozen products will be

considered only if required by partners and on contract basis. The production process

will not begin with the phase of breeding the imported broilers, but with the phase of

own broiler production with a possibility for supervision of all the phases.

Compared with the competitors on the local market, the new company would be

the only backwards vertically integrated company in the industry. This will contribute

to the reduction of production cost by at least 5% compared to the Pilko DOO, the

biggest competitor in the domestic market. Estimated financial results show that the

investment has a positive NPV of 1.308.025 EUR in a project life period of 10 years,

with discount rate of 15%.

Skilled and well-selected employees, as well as experienced and knowledgeable

management, will have an important role in establishing quality as company’s culture

and in the overall success of the company.

Packed in the hygienic package, which emphasis the freshness and naturalness of

the chicken meat produced, the new company’s products would become an important

part in the everyday dishes of the modern families.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ABSTRACT ................................................................................................. 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................ 3

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 5

LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................... 7

COMPANY DESCRIPTION ..................................................................... 9 The name of the company ..................................................................... 9 Company location ................................................................................... 9 Organizational structure .......................................................................... 10 Competitive advantage .......................................................................... 11 Mission and Vision ................................................................................. 12 Products Offer ........................................................................................ 12

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS ............................................................................ 13 Market Trend .......................................................................................... 13 Competition ............................................................................................. 14

MARKETING STRATEGY AND TARGET MARKETS ...................... 16

MARKETING MIX ................................................................................... 18 Product .................................................................................................... 18 Price ...................................................................................................... 19 Place ...................................................................................................... 19 Promotion ............................................................................................... 20

OPERATIONS PLAN ................................................................................. 23 Location and Equipment ........................................................................ 23 Labour .................................................................................................... 24 The poultry house ................................................................................... 25 The poultry processing .......................................................................... 32 Logistics ................................................................................................. 34 Ecological aspects ................................................................................. 35 QA management ................................................................................... 36

FINANCIAL STRUCTURE ..................................................................... 37 Ownership structure ............................................................................... 37 Assets structure ...................................................................................... 37 Employee structure ................................................................................. 39

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS .......................................................................... 40 Analysis of the Financial Statements ..................................................... 41

MANAGEMENT PLAN ............................................................................ 43

CRITICAL RISKS ...................................................................................... 45 Competition ............................................................................................. 45 Managerial and staffing issues .............................................................. 46 Legal factors .......................................................................................... 46 Other areas of vulnerability ................................................................... 46

EXIT STRATEGY ...................................................................................... 47

COCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................... 48

LIST OF REFERENCES .......................................................................... 50

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APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 - INCOME STATEMENT AT YEAR 1 ............................... 51

APPENDIX 2 - BALANCE SHEET AT YEAR 1 ...................................... 52

APPENDIX 3 - CASH FLOW FOR YEAR 1 .............................................. 53

APPENDIX 4 - INCOME STATEMENT AT YEAR 2&3 ........................ 54

APPENDIX 5 - BALANCE SHEET AT YEAR 2&3 .................................. 55

APPENDIX 6 - CASH FLOW FOR YEAR 2&3 ......................................... 56

APPENDIX 7 - RATIO ANALYSIS ............................................................ 57

APPENDIX 8 - NET PRESENT VALUE ANALYSIS ............................... 58

APPENDIX 9 - MEAT MARKET TREND IN RM .................................... 59 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 - Employees by Departments ......................................................... 10

Table 2 - BIOPIL’s Sales Forecast and Market Share for the first 3 years ... 18

Table 3 - BIOPIL’s Promotional Budget for the first three years ................. 20

Table 4 - BIOPIL’s Employees structure in Year 1 ...................................... 24

Table 5 - Ownership structure ..................................................................... 37

Table 6 - Assets structure ............................................................................ 38

Table 7 - Employees structure ..................................................................... 39

Table 8 - Sales of chicken in the first three years ......................................... 40 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 - Management Board Organizational Chart .................................... 10

Figure 2 - Meat Market Trend in RM ............................................................ 13

Figure 3 - Chicken Meat Market Share in RM .............................................. 14

Figure 4 - Trend in Chicken Market Share .................................................. 15

Figure 5 - A market map – BIOPIL’s positioning within the market .......... 17

Figure 6 - Feeder and drinker lines layout ..................................................... 27

Figure 7 - High-efficiency EC and tunnel ventilation system design .......... 31

Figure 8 - Process flow diagram ................................................................... 32

Figure 9 - Detailed Organizational Chart and number of Employees .......... 44

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INTRODUCTION

Chicken has undeniable virtues in the consumer’s eye. It is appreciated for its

excellent nutritional qualities and its ease of preparation, particularly adapted to

today’s lifestyle. Chicken is loved by children and remains one of the most versatile

of meat dishes today. It is also packed-full of nutritional goodness. A single portion of

chicken provides our daily protein requirement without too much fat. Chicken also

has a high content of Group B vitamins, which contribute to our energy levels.

In the world of growing pollution, healthy food would be a privilege. At a time

when consumers are particularly concerned with food safety and production issues,

any new poultry producer must to adhere to the strictest safety measures for chicken

production by implementing and maintaining highly technical methods throughout the

production process.

BIOPIL would be a company that can meet customer requirements for healthy,

natural food and make them feel privileged by consuming its products. It will strictly

enforce the principles of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) so,

the consumer will be guaranteed that from the egg to final consumer plate, the

production process is totally under strict control. With effective teamwork and

exchange of experience, the employees would achieve the goals of the company and

of the each individual respectively.

The new company is foreseen to be founded as limited liability. Its main activity

will be breeding, production and distribution of poultry, primarily chickens.

Secondary activity could be providing services to other companies, like are

slaughtering poultry, processing of meat etc. Taking this into consideration, the most

suitable location for the company’s premises would be in the rural area, but at the

same time very close to Skopje, the capital city, since 1/3 of population lives there and

the main clients of the company would be the biggest retail chains that have

distributing centres in Skopje. Such location would be also good because the

consumers who will be targeted by the BIOPIL are concentrated in the capital city,

where most of the families with above the average income live.

The identification of business opportunity that satisfies the needs of customers

would not be enough for the new company to earn profits; it would also need a

competitive advantage (R. Baron, S. Shane, 2008).

BIOPIL will purchase chicken livestock - layers, which will enable own production

and breeding of young chickens - broilers. Until now, the only local competitor in the

fresh meat supply, Pilko DOO, has not bred its own chicken livestock and the young

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broilers are being imported from Greece and Serbia. Breeding of own broilers will

lead to significant cost savings due to the higher usage of the capacity and lower price

of the chicken.

Reduced dependability on imports of broilers and legislation barriers are other

benefits that are not less important. The ability to avoid gaps in supply of fresh meat

due to the lack of broilers and lower production costs than competitors, will give

BIOPIL the main competitive advantage that could be turned into future company

growth and increasing profitability.

Location of the company nearby Skopje, would allow the company to operate close

to the most of its target consumers and supply them with fresh chicken meat, at right

place, right time and affordable price. Strong push in the distribution, intensive

promotion activities and sales force of people with note of sales aggressiveness, have

to result in growing market share and brand awareness. The central position on the

Balkan Peninsula and closeness to big cities of the neighbouring countries (Sofia

190km, Thessalonica 250km, Pristine 90km) make opportunity for export of fresh

meat within 6 hours after production.

Analysis that has been done shows that BIOPIL has a great potential to capture

market share that will make it a market leader, with potential for exports and entering

new markets.

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LITERATURE REVIEW

Poultry consumption in developing countries is projected to grow at 3.4 percent per

annum to 2030, followed by beef at 2.2 percent and ovine meat at 2.1 percent. In the

world as a whole, poultry consumption is projected to grow at 2.5 percent per annum

to 2030, with other meats growing at 1.7 percent or less (FAO, 2007). The increasing

demand for poultry meat in many parts of the developing world favours the

industrialization of production systems. The poultry sector is the most industrialized

of all forms of livestock production, and large-scale production is now widespread in

many developing countries (B. Besbes, M.Tixier-Boichard, I. Hoffmann & G.L. Jain,

2007).

As it is stated in the Proceedings of the International Poultry Conference report

(FAO: Poultry in the 21st Century, 2008), in the developed world, food production is

changing from being producer driven to consumer driven. The consumer is

increasingly concerned about health, environment, ethics and animal welfare, and

demands for certified products such as a free or organic meat have emerged. This

trend is supported by new regulations, especially in Europe. Breeders have to adjust

their programmes to include welfare-related traits.

The poultry sector has undergone major structural changes during the past two

decades due to the introduction of modern intensive production methods, improved

preventive disease control and biosecurity measures, increasing income and human

population, and urbanization. These changes offer tremendous opportunities for

poultry producers, particularly smallholders. The smallholders can still compete with

larger producers due to the savings that smaller units can achieve because of foregone

or cheaper overheads, lower labour costs per unit and, possibly, more intensive

supervision, leading to relatively high profit efficiencies. Smallholders also have

problems in meeting high demands for food safety, traceability and compliance,

because of high coordination costs and high transaction and marketing costs.

Increasingly it appears that smallholders’ ability to maintain their competitiveness in

these types of markets is dictated by their ability to establish market trust and

reputation along the marketing and distribution channels. This will require

smallholders to be linked to the supply chain and to obtain certain supply chain

management necessities, combining both productivity-enhancing technologies at the

farm level and improved coordination in the marketing system (C. Narrod, M.

Tiongco & A. Costales, 2007).

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According to the RM statistical agency, the country currently produces about 5,000

tonnes of poultry meat per year. From the other side, the annual consumption is

almost three times higher. The average consumption shows continuous growing in the

last several years. The main reasons are decline in beef consumption which still

suffers from the impact of the mad cow disease and decline in lamb consumption due

to the foot and mouth diseases. Furthermore, the growing Muslim population in the

country, which now accounts about 20% of the total population, prefers chicken to

pork, which contributes towards growth of the market. Finally, the trend of consuming

low cholesterol food puts chicken as preferred meat compared to pork, lamb and beef.

As it could be read in the World's Poultry Science Journal - Volume 63, local

people in RM enjoy eating chicken but domestic production is the lowest in south-east

Europe. Additionally, locally produced meat is more expensive than imported

products. The new company’s competitive advantage over the other brands would be

the fact that it will avail with own chicken layers. This has many positive implications

on the operating costs, since it would not have to pay extra money for purchasing

broilers - which is the case with all other companies on the market.

Further, the company is expected to establish itself on the market very soon also

through developing cooperative relation with smaller producers of poultry meat in the

country. The plan for the company is to sell part of its production of broilers to

individual farmers and to act as their exclusive supplier. This would enable the

company fortify its position very soon and become key player on the domestic

market.

By offering the high quality product at affordable price, the company will try to

capture the market share of the Croatian and Slovenian brands at the beginning. Next,

by increasing its sales/production, the unit costs will decrease and the company’s

retail price would be even more competitive.

At the same time, the company should put a lot of effort in increasing people’s

concern of healthy food which, mainly could be done through PR activities. The

company’s advertising activities will distinguish it as a chicken meat producer with

leading quality. As a result of this and due to the expected increases in the purchasing

power of consumers, the company may plan to take a significant part of the market

shares of the American and Turkey brands in the long run.

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION

The name of the company

The company name should convey a strong mental image of what the business is

about and exude a confident and optimistic connotation for the existing and potential

customers (J. Connor, 2009). In order to determine an effective company name, we

did a brainstorming but, only two of us. The reason for limiting the number of

decision makers was to avoid complex problems that may arise when multiple people

are involved.

During the session we agreed that it is very important to properly assess different

names for the business before deciding on an appropriate one because it will

eventually serve as a long-term marketing tool. Further, we were aware that once a

name has been chosen, the business owners need to invest their money in branding the

company products and name in addition to creating different marketing materials (i.e.

product advertisements, public relations, logos, company letterhead and stationery,

business cards, etc.). If by some chance the name has to be changed at a later date,

then the modification process can be a complicated, lengthy, and expensive one.

Our conclusions were that the name should be memorable to customers and have

positive implications, it should not be complicated to spell or pronounce and should

communicate something about the company and its products. Therefore, among

several ideas we selected a simple, yet according to our opinion unforgettable name

BIOPIL. It is an endocentric compound that consists of two stems: the head BIO

which is a synonym of healthy food in our language and the modifier PIL that

associates with chicken meat.

BIOPIL is unique, uncomplicated, and easy to recognize and recall. In addition, we

believe that this name will rouse a strong mental image of what the company is about.

Company location

The company BIOPIL will be founded as limited liability. The premises will be

located near Skopje. Main activity of BIOPIL will be breeding, production and

distribution of poultry, primarily chickens. Secondary activity of BIOPIL could be

providing services to other companies, like: slaughtering poultry, processing of meat

etc. Taking this into consideration, the premises of the company will be ideally

located in the rural area, but at the same time very close to Skopje, the capital city,

since 1/3 of population lives there and the main clients of BIOPIL are the biggest

retail chains that have distributing centres in Skopje. Furthermore, target consumers of

BIOPIL are concentrated in the capital city, where most of the families with above the

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average income live. Possible location of the facilities could be in some of the villages

Trubarevo, Idrizovo or Kadino.

Organizational structure

BIOPIL is foreseen as a private company with 55 employees on its start up. The

management board consists of the CEO and 4 managers, as follows:

• CEO

• Production Manager

• Commercial Manager

• Financial Manager

• HR & Legal Issues Manager

Figure1: Management Board Organizational Chart

The ownership structure of BIOPIL will be as follows:

• Founders will have 60% equity share;

• Private investors will have a total share of 40%.

Initially, the work at BIOPIL will be organized in several departments:

Department Number of employees

in year 1

Management 5

Production Department 32

Commercial Department 16

Finance Department 2

Total 55

Table 1: Employees by Departments

The number of employees will increase respectively with increasing of production

and sales.

CEO

Production Manager

Commercial Manager

Financial Manager

HR & Legal Issues

Manager

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Competitive advantage

The company’s strength will be a new and modern facility, which meets all the

necessary European standards for this kind of plants. It will be equipped with new

machines and will have its own veterinary department, which will be responsible the

technological process to meet the veterinary standards and local health regulations.

The company will ensure the integrity of its products by implementing all

management systems related to the food industry in order to deliver a safe and

hygienic meat. BIOPIL will also ensure that adequate local government standards and

regulations relating to meat safety and hygiene are implemented in its facilities and

effective crises management strategies are in place.

BIOPIL will purchase chicken livestock - layers, which will enable own production

and breeding of young chickens - broilers. Until now, the only local competitor in the

fresh meat supply, Pilko DOO, has not bred its own chicken livestock and the young

broilers are being imported from Greece and Serbia. Breeding of own broilers will

lead to significant cost savings due to the higher usage of the capacity and lower price

of the chicken.

The production in the beginning will be intended for the domestic market only and

dominantly fresh products. Frozen products will be considered only if required by

partners and on contract basis. The production process will not begin with the phase

of breeding the imported broilers, but with the phase of own broiler production with a

possibility for supervision of all the phases. Raw materials needed for breeding the

chicken livestock and the broilers are: the concentrate that will be imported from

Britain, Germany or Holland, corn that will be imported from Hungary, Serbia or the

USA and additives in the diet.

As a direct result of the investment, the company will initially hire 55 workers,

which will contribute towards reduction of the unemployment. Much more significant

are the indirect social effects. With the purchase of chicken layers, the company will

breed own broilers, which can later on be sold to interested farmers and companies in

the country. In terms of this, the companies will save the foreign exchange they have

been giving for the import of broilers on one hand, and on the other, the development

of small enterprises in this industry branch will be fostered. Strong position of

BIOPIL will also result in benefits for environment and society in which operates.

From the equity, the company will have to cover the expenses for the period of two

months while the broilers grow big enough to be ready for production.

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Mission and Vision of BIOPIL

The mission of BIOPIL will be to fulfil consumers’ needs for fresh, naturally bred

and healthy piece of easy digestible meat, produced by high sanitary equipment and in

hygienic environment. All these guarantee a high quality of the product. In addition to

this, the product is distributed by appropriate vehicles, in a nice package at the right

place, right time and affordable price.

BIOPIL will dedicate time and put effort, knowledge and experience to achieve

highest possible results. With effective teamwork and exchange of experience, the

employees would achieve the goals of the company and of the each individual

respectively. The high quality of its products and services is always on the first place

of BIOPIL's priorities.

The company would run the business in an open and hones manner, always in the

legal framework and according to the highest ethical standards, trying to keep the

company's integrity as part of the culture.

BIOPIL’s vision will be to become the best possible meat producer and supplier in

the region, easy to do business with, gets everything right the first time and adds value

on every occasion having in consideration its positive influence in the society and at

the same time to respond to the customers needs, offering excellent service and

rewarding its shareholders and employees.

Products Offer

From all types of poultry, broilers’ meat is the most consumed on the RM market,

because it is easily digested and does not increase the body weight due to the low

percentage of fat.

In the first year, BIOPIL plans to produce 700 tons of chicken, working in one shift

only. The second year sales are expected to reach 1,300 tons, reaching 57.8% capacity

utilization. In the third year almost full utilization (90%) should be achieved by 2,000

tons sales. The range of BIOPIL's products will be as follows:

• Whole chicken (the main product)

• Broiler half

• Broiler drumstick

• Broiler leg quarter

• Breast meat

• Chicken wing

• Heart and liver

BIOPIL will integrate complete technological process from the initial phase of

poultry production up to the final one. The production will be according to the highest

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international standards. The purchase of layers and breeding own broilers will result

in substitution of broilers’ import, which will lead to significant savings. On the other

hand, there is a huge difference in prices of an imported broiler and the one of a

broiler bred in the plant.

The competitor Pilko DOO is only partially supplying the market with fresh chilled

chicken meat, due to weak distribution (4 employees in sales and 2 trucks with

cooling) and problems with sanitary regulations for import of broilers, which

frequently stops its production process.

BIOPIL's product quality will be completely under internal control, with possibility

to influence on achieving the highest quality even in the phases where competitors

could not. This also gives competitive advantage in terms of costs reduction and

capacity and labour utilization.

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Market Trend

The size of the whole market was 14,700,000 kg of chicken meat in 2010, which

means the average annual consumption of 7.4 kg/person. The average consumption

has been significantly growing for the last 5 years, by 5.5% annual average. The main

reasons are decline in beef consumption due to the mad cow disease and decline in

lamb consumption due to the foot and mouth diseases. Furthermore, the growing

Muslim population in the country, which now accounts about 20% of the total

population, prefers chicken over pork, which contributes towards growth of the

market. Finally, the trend of consuming low cholesterol food puts chicken as preferred

meat compared to pork, lamb and beef.

Figure 2: Meat Market Trend in RM

Source: State Statistical Office of the RM

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CHICKEN MEAT MARKET SHARE IN 2010

TURKEY import21,5%

USA import28% PILKO

8,5%

PTUJ24%

CEKIN18%

Taking into consideration the market growth trends in previous years, as well as

the increased consumer awareness about the healthiness of the chicken meat

compared to pork and beef meat, it is expected the chicken market to continue

growing by 6% annually, reaching 8.8 kg per capita in three years and the total market

of approximately 17,500,000 kg/year.

Competition

The chicken market in the country is defined as an oligopoly. There are only few

suppliers. Direct competition (chicken meat) is represented by only one domestic

brand PILKO with 8.5% market share and continuous increasing sales trend.

PILKO has been present on the market since the end of 2000. It has been

positioned as the high quality domestic brand with average retail price of 169 den/kg.

PILKO's distribution is mainly directed toward large supermarket chains. It does not

have continuous production and supply due to the fact that it has imported broilers

from Greece. PILKO has had incident and weak promotional activities. Its products

are fresh and frozen as well.

Figure 3: Chicken Meat Market Share in RM Source: State Statistical Office of the RM

Imported Brands from Slovenia and Croatia - PERUTNINA PTUJ (Slovenia) and

CEKIN (from Koka Varazdin – Croatia) have approximately 40% market share.

These brands have been present on the market for many years and they have been

benchmark of quality. They have dominantly frozen products. Their retail price is

between 170 and 175 den/kg. Their distribution is inconsistent and they have had no

promotional campaigns for the last few years.

Frozen chicken meat imported from Turkey and America has approximately 50%

market share. These brands are low quality and low price brands with average retail

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TREND IN CHICKEN MARKET SHARE

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price of 135 den/kg. These products are perceived as non-natural, fed with hormones

and additives for faster growth. They are targeting below the average income

population and less educated people, who are not concerned with healthy food issues.

Figure 4: Trend in Chicken Market Share Source: State Statistical Office of the RM

The trend (Figure 4) shows that PILKO’s market share is growing, taking market

from the Croatian and Slovenian brands. As the healthy food issues are becoming

more important and the living standard is increasing, the segment that BIOPIL is

targeting will grow as well. Low quality frozen brands that have a price as the only

advantage will lose the market year by year. This is the opportunity for the fresh,

naturally bred chicken from BIOPIL.

Indirect competition represents other types of meat (lamb, pork and beef) and fish.

Lamb is treated as seasonal meat, mostly consumed in spring months. Consumption of

pork has been quite steadily for the past few years, but the increasing trend of low

calorie food consumption will probably decrease the pork meat consumption, due to

the high content of fats that it contains. Most of the pork at the moment is imported

from Brazil and Serbia as frozen meat.

Beef market cannot still recover after the mad-cow disease. People in the region

are even more afraid, because they believe that due to the corruption and poor vet

control, there is a possibly to find beef meat with suspicious origin.

Fish and seafood are perceived as healthy, but there is no tradition in their

consumption on the local market, except in the regions near lakes. Even more, most of

the fish on the local market is frozen. Fresh fish is more expensive than fresh chicken.

The country’s average consumption per person for 2010 was 12 kg pork, 9.9 kg

beef, 5.7 kg lamb and 1.2 kg fish.

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It is not a highly government regulated industry and the only barriers to entry are

high initial investment, customs duty of 15% (but it is only 1% for import from ex.

Yugoslavian countries, like Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia), as well as high

transportation costs for imported brands. The necessity to develop the own

distribution system due to the special transportation temperature requirements is

additional entry barrier.

It is worth to mention that PILKO does not have completely vertically integrated

processes. It has a slaughtering department, but it does not have its own production of

broilers, so it is dependent on imports from Greece. Due to veterinary regulations,

every import of chickens is followed by quarantine that results in frequent stoppages

in PILKO's production. BIOPIL will avoid these threats, having production of broilers

and importing only corn and soya from the neighboring countries that have plenty of

these resources at low prices.

All the above-mentioned make this market attractive for investment.

MARKETING STRATEGY AND TARGET MARKETS

The key to competitive advantage is relevant brand differentiation – consumers

must find something unique and meaningful about a market offering. These

differences may be based directly on the product or on other considerations related to

factors such as personnel, channels or image. Customers are value maximisers. They

form an expectation of value and act on it. Buyers will buy from the firm that they

perceive to offer the highest customer-delivered value, defined as the difference

between total customer benefits and total customer cost.

Target marketing includes three activities: market segmentation, market targeting

and market positioning. Professional positioning is of benefit to a supplier as it

enables a company to invest its resources and skills in the right marketplace. As such

it is both an effective and efficient strategy. The right market offering is being placed

on the market and professional know-how is applied to achieving this cost effectively

(P. Kotler, K. Keller, M. Brady, M. Goodman & T. Hansen, 2009).

In order to create more specific marketing mix that could better meet customers’

expectations, multivariable segmentation would be adopted, considering

demographic (age, gender, income) and behavioral variables (different benefit that

consumers seek from the product).

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Our target group would be 25 – 55 years old women, from families with average

and above the average family income, who seek quality from chicken meat. They buy

chicken meat in a nearby grocery shop, as well as in a butcher shop and supermarket.

This market segment is very substantial because in the ordinary family in our

country, women make decisions on meat purchases and make purchases. In addition

to this, the trend of healthy food consumption is steadily increasing, which makes

more people look for quality meat.

In terms of strategy, considering the start up investments, concentration strategy

seems the most appropriate for the company that is just entering the market. All

marketing efforts would be directed toward this single, but large, market segment

through one marketing mix. This will enable BIOPIL to focus its resources and offer

greater satisfaction to its target customers. One marketing mix will contribute to lower

production and marketing costs as well. On the other hand, it will make the company

very dependent on that single segment. Still, after the successful start up, multi-

segment strategy should be natural progression of concentration strategy, allowing the

company to spread the risk and increase market share. As a result of the focus group

research, the price and quality (healthiness) of the chicken meat were pointed out as

the most important considerations when the target consumers decide on purchase.

Perceptual mapping, made based on the Global Research & Data Services market

research, visually depicts the positioning and images of competing brands, as

perceived by the target customers. The market research report offers an in-depth

perspective on the actual market situation, trends and future outlook for meat products

in RM. The analysis provides essential market information for decision-makers.

Figure 5: A market map showing where BIOPIL will position itself within the market

PERUTNINA PTUJ

High price

Low quality

BIOPIL’s positioning

TURKEY import

AMERICAN import

CEKIN

Low price

High quality

PILKO

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The superb quality (healthiness) at affordable price is an image that might set our

brand apart from the competing products and at the same time match the aspiration of

the target customers.

Expected Sales Forecast and market share for the first three years, considering the

whole market growth of 6% annually:

Year Sales (kg) Market share (%)

1 700,000 4.5

2 1,300,000 7.9

3 2,000,000 11.4

Table 2: BIOPIL’s Sales Forecast and Market Share for the first three years

The marketing mix should be developed in such a way to support and make

credible the chosen image.

MARKETING MIX

Product

Chicken meat belongs to a category of convenience consumer products, relatively

inexpensive, frequently purchased and rapidly consumed.

Regarding the physical parameters, fresh chicken meat should be with the average

weight of 1-1.1kg per chicken. The highest quality of the meat will be achieved by a

strict control over the all operations steps, emphasizing the natural food used during

breeding and no hormones used for achieving faster growth.

The name BIOPIL should contribute to the overall image of the product. In the first

3 years, the brand name awareness has to reach 95%. The Brand loyalty has to be

70% at the end of the same period and the perceived brand quality has to be superb

on the market. It is not enough the official state laboratories to confirm the high

quality, but the consumers to perceive it in the same way. Consumers should associate

BIOPIL with healthiness.

Besides the main product (whole fresh chicken), BIOPIL will have portfolio of the

following confectionery products: broiler half, broiler drumstick, broiler leg quarter,

breast meat, chicken wing, gizzard, heart and liver.

They will not be marketed as separate products, but just benefit from the overall

company marketing.

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Packaging would be viewed as a major strategic tool, since convenience items are

available only on a self-service basis at the retail level. The packaging would be

attractive – the product will be placed on a special Styrofoam plate and vacuumed in a

designed foil bag. In addition to the attractive look, in this way no blood would leak

from the pack. Package should stress the naturalness and healthiness of the product.

Price

Price determines how customers will perceive the product, affecting its brand

positioning, marketing channel selection and a way of promotion. It has a direct

impact on the generation of revenues and profits, but also indirect impact on the

quantity of sold products. Therefore, price must be chosen very carefully.

A differentiation generic strategy would be accepted, but at the same time a lot of

attention would be paid on reduction of costs, which do not add value to the consumer

(x-inefficiency elimination would be the goal).

The price of 133 den/kg has been obtained by a marketing oriented pricing

method, taking into consideration the marketing strategy (target market profile, brand

positioning, and sales targets), competition, and value to the customer, price-quality

relationships, costs etc. In this way, a retail price of 160 den/kg is expected.

Non-price competition will put the most of the efforts on building customers

loyalty. Still, considering the high price elasticity of the market, the company would

not ignore competitors' prices.

BIOPIL would manage to have a lower price than PILKO due to the lower costs of

a broiler bred in the plant comparing to an imported broiler. Also, the company would

achieve the lower price than PERUTNINA PTUJ and CEKIN due to the lower

transportation costs. However, the frozen chicken meat imported from America and

Turkey would have the price significantly lower than BIOPIL.

Place

For a convenience consumer product as chicken meat is, an effective distribution

system is essential for gaining desired market share. Due to the fact that the company

will purchase layers and breed own broilers, it will manage to have a continuous

production and supply.

BIOPIL will use intensive distribution and our clients are going to be the biggest

retailing chains in the country, like Veropoulos, Tinex, SP Market and Tediko, as well

as a number of smaller retailers and butcher shops, which meet the highest sanitary

and hygienic standards. These are the places where the company’s target customers

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usually buy meat. The company’s aim is to achieve as high as possible numerical

distribution with so called “on call delivery” (approximately 80% within 3 years), but

not to make any compromise with regard to the sanitary conditions that an outlet has

to comply with.

Distribution would be organized through several distribution centers, located in the

biggest towns. Each distribution center would operate as an individual profit unit and

would have its own trucks with chambers equipped with refrigerating units, which

maintain the right temperature of the meat.

Promotion

As soon as we launch the product on the market, intensive promotional activities

would start. The company’s promotional budget for the first three years (calculated as

8% of the sales revenues for the first year, 9% for the second year and 10% for the

third year) would be:

Year Promotional budget (EUR)

1 122,098

2 255,098

3 436,066

Table 3: BIOPIL’s Promotional Budget for the first three years

BIOPIL’s communication aims would be directed toward building brand

awareness, developing favorable emotions and cognitive beliefs toward the brand,

initiating purchase intention and provoking frequent purchases.

Due to the fact that our product belongs to consumer goods and it is in the

introduction stage of its life cycle, the promotional mix would heavily rely on

advertising (70% of the promotional budget), supported by public relations (15% of

the promotional budget) and sales promotion (15% of the promotional budget).

National advertising would enable us to create mass awareness of the new product in

a short time, PR would support the development of favorable cognitive beliefs toward

the brand, while sales promotions would be directed toward sales boosting

Competitive advertising that points out the brand’s features and advantages would

be used. The FBI approach should be used in designing a message to our target

consumers, looking at Features converted in Benefits that will produce Incentive to

purchase.

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The development of the advertising campaign would be outsourced to the

advertising agency.

The following media would be used:

- TV stations with national coverage (55% of the advertising budget),

since TV is the fastest medium for message transmission and it develops

strong brand recognition, due to the fact that the message is transmitted

through picture, movements and sound.

- Print - dailies, female magazines and magazines covering health issues

(30% of the advertising budget), because print is the most appropriate

medium for detailed explanation of the product features, with the best

possibility for reaching target consumers.

- Outdoor - billboards (10% of the advertising budget), since it is the

most suitable medium for targeting population in move.

- Radio (5% of the advertising budget) because of its cost effectiveness.

The selection of the specific media vehicles would be made by the advertising

agency, based on the primary goal of reaching the largest possible number of people

in the advertising target for the amount of money spent on media.

A communication specialist in the company's marketing department will coordinate

public relations. She/he will write company's press releases and maintain

relationships with editors. As mentioned before, the media of our special interest

would be national TV stations, dailies, female magazines and magazines covering

health issues.

We will ask a PR agency for support in establishing relationships with the target

media at the beginning.

Later on, we expect to attract free PR, since nowadays people are becoming more

concerned with healthy food production. Moreover, as the business grows, BIOPIL is

going to be more and more attractive to media.

Sales promotion would be an important segment of our promotional mix as well.

We will use point-of-sale (POS) materials, such us window banners and on-the-

refrigerator signs, as a consumer sales promotion technique that will provoke in-store

purchasing decision.

In addition to this, we will use the trade sales promotion techniques as well. We

will organize sales contests to motivate distributors and retailers by recognizing and

rewarding outstanding achievement (for example, the highest percentage of monthly

sales increase).

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Further to the all above-mentioned, it is obvious that BIOPIL’s growth would be

the result of the total market growth as well as the market penetration.

By offering the high quality product at affordable price, we will try to capture the

market share of the Croatian and Slovenian brands at the beginning.

By increasing our sales/production, the unit costs will decrease and BIOPIL’s

retail price would be even more competitive.

At the same time, we will put a lot of efforts in increasing people’s concern of

healthy food, mainly through our PR activities.

The company’s advertising activities will distinguish BIOPIL as the chicken meat

producer with the leading quality.

As a result of this and due to the expected increases in the purchasing power of

consumers, we plan to take a significant part of the market shares of the American and

Turkey brands in the long run.

To conclude, once the company has exploited the market segments and defined the

positioning in the market place, the marketing mix (4Ps – Product, Price, Place and

Promotion) will integrate all long and short-term decisions so that BIOPIL will stay

aligned to the company’s mission and vision, and that the strategic plan will be

implemented without discrepancies.

Even when all the branding, pricing and new products development would be done,

it’s that ability to make contact with consumers, to communicate, to adapt, to learn, to

seize opportunities, that matters – what really counts is not the brilliant application

and application of the 4Ps, but the ability to repeat these feats of imagination and

application in rapidly shifting circumstances. That will require an emphasis on new

4Ps like people, personality, philosophy and process.

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OPERATIONS PLAN

Location and Equipment

The new production plant of BIOPIL will be built near Skopje, in some of the

following villages: Trubarevo, Idrizovo or Kadino. The facilities will cover an area of

1,300 m2 where state-of-the-art Dutch technology will be installed. The company will

possess area of 10,000 m2 in total. All three locations are near the railway and the

airport as well. Water and electricity supply are available too.

The equipment will have a capacity of 4,500 birds in one shift, or 9,000 birds per

day. Installed capacity is 2,250 tons/year. At the beginning, the work will be

organized in one shift every day, and the capacity utilization level will be 31.12%

with 55 employees and annual productivity of 12.73 tons/employee.

The second year capacity utilization will be 57.8%, with 65 employees producing

1,300 tons and increased productivity of 20 tons/employee. The production will be

dominantly in one shift, but second shift will be organized during the almost half of

the working year.

Third year, the capacity will be utilized 88.9% and productivity would increase up

to 25 tons/employee. Working in two shifts will become normal production schedule

during the all year, with exceptions in low season.

The company will need the following equipment:

1. Facilities for breeding broilers/layers

2. Incubators

3. Utilities for temperature adjustment according requirements

4. Roll gang -conveyor

5. Stunner

6. Washing unit

7. Spiral refrigerant

8. Packer

9. Chiller

10. Deboning machine

11. Silos for corn and other food for chickens

12. Trucks

At the beginning, the offices will cover only 300 m2, with a possibility of enlarging

the administration area as the needs are growing. The office equipment will be limited

to the necessary minimum of 14 computers, 4 printers, fax machine, photocopier and

12 phones. The necessary office supply is also foreseen.

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Labour

As a result of the investment, at the beginning BIOPIL will hire 55 employees of

different qualification profile. More details on their positions and qualifications are

shown in the below table.

Job position Qualification

Number of

employees

1. Management board University degree 5

2. Heads of Departments (Production, Veterinary & QA)

University / High school degree

2

3. Supervisors (Slaughtery, Breeding, Sales)

University / High school degree

3

4. Operators in Breeding Dpt. Qualified worker 8

5. Operators in Slaughtering House Qualified worker 17

6. QA technicians Qualified worker 2

7. Maintenance technician Qualified worker 1

8. Workers in distribution Qualified worker 15

9. Administration High qualified 2

Total: 55

Table 4: BIOPIL’s Employees structure in Year 1

The workers will be full-time employed with the average gross monthly salary of

approximately 500 EUR. The sum predicted includes health and pension insurance.

The salary of individual employee will vary depending on the educational

background, position and behavior. HR manager will design special rewarding

system, training program and appraisal criteria. Most of the operators will have

technical background in order to be able to perform autonomous equipment

maintenance.

Qualified workers and heads of the more specific departments (breeding or

slaughtering) will be provided from the state owned company “Belimbegovo” that is

currently in a bad financial situation. This company used to employ over 400 qualified

workers. For the other employees, HR will design recruitment and selection

procedures. Part of the activities may be outsourced as well.

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The poultry house

The inside of the plant and equipment will be designed to enable easy, effective

cleaning. The poultry house will incorporate concrete floors, washable (i.e.

impervious) walls and ceilings, accessible ventilation ducts and no internal pillars or

ledges.

In the broiler meat production business, all components of the production process

from parent stock broiler breeders to broiler progeny benefit from effective

environmental control. The objective of such control is to provide an environment to

maximize flock performance, achieving optimum and uniform growth rate and feed

efficiency in meat yield while ensuring that bird health and welfare are not

compromised. Therefore, by focusing on effectively environmental conditions

management in its broiler house, BIOPIL would have an opportunity to reduce the

total cost of production.

The optimal reproductive performance is dependent upon achieving high

management standards in the early life stages. Management during the first seven

days of a breeder chick’s life is critical as it has a lasting influence on health and

performance for the remainder of the chick’s life. The principle objective during the

brooding period is to obtain the best possible early chick development and uniformity.

Excessive stress levels during the initial days post-hatch will increase susceptibility to

disease, mortality and decrease growth uniformity. The chick is entirely dependent on

the grower to ensure the rearing environment is comfortable and secure (D. Watts,

2008).

The critical evaluation of early chick management practices is necessary in the

following seven key areas:

1. Water

2. Feed

3. Temperature and humidity

4. Lighting

5. Stocking density

6. Litter Management

7. Ventilation

Water is an essential ingredient for life. Any reductions in water intake or

increases in water loss can have a significant effect on the lifetime performance of the

chick. Water intake increases with age and is higher in males than females. These

effects should be taken into account when considering the supply of water to the

poultry house.

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The supply of water reaching the birds should be clean, uncontaminated and freely

available throughout the whole production period. Regular assessments of water

quality are necessary to ensure that microbial load and mineral content are within

acceptable levels so that bird performance is not compromised.

Chickens consume about twice as much water as food, although this ratio can be

much higher during hot conditions. About 70% of a chick’s weight is water (this can

be as high as 85% at hatch) and therefore any reduction in water intake or increase in

water loss will have a significant effect on the lifetime performance of the chick (K.

Kirkpatrick & E. Fleming, 2008).

Safe animal feed is important for the health of animals, the environment and for

the safety of foods of animal origin (The European Food Safety Authority, 2011).

Poultry feeding is complicated by other factors that must be taken into account.

Factors such as securing cost effective ingredients, feed safety, food safety, animal

welfare, emerging technologies, consumer perception and ultimately, making a profit.

All of these things add numerous constraints on how poultry are fed (J. Snow, 2011).

A poultry feed must supply the necessary protein, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and

vitamins in their proper proportion. Feed formulation is the process of quantifying the

amounts of feed ingredients that need to be put together, to form a single uniform

mixture (diet) for poultry that supplies all of their nutrient requirements. For BIOPIL

will be important to evaluate the diet in the laboratory or by feeding a small group of

chickens to confirm the adequacy of the diet. This may not be necessary if the actual

composition of the ingredients used would be known and the actual nutrient

composition can therefore be obtained. In poultry diets, energy is mainly provided by

cereal grains, sometimes supplemented with relatively small amounts of fats. Protein

is provided from both vegetable and animal sources, such as oilseed meals, legumes

and abattoir and fish processing by-products. Some vitamins and minerals are

provided from most ingredients but these are generally supplemented through a

premix added to the diet. Diets may also contain additives for specific purposes. Many

additives have been a normal part of diets for animals and humans and BIOPIL will

benefit by their usage as they are important in achieving high production and

efficiency, maintaining health and wellbeing, improving product quality and safety

and reducing the industry’s impact on the environment.

Feed and water supply at the BIOPIL plant will be reliable and comfortable for

broilers of any age. Feed will be supplied by means of the reliable feed pan which

fulfils both the requirements of day-old chicks and those of heavy broilers during the

final growing period. After the day-old chicks are moved in, the 360° flooding feature

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will ensure a high feed level in the pan without any extra work. As long as the pan sits

on the ground, the flooding mechanism is automatically active. As the birds grow, the

pans are raised, the flooding mechanism closes and the feed level drops, thus

preventing feed wastage. Water will be supplied by means of several drinker lines

with few nipples per feed pan in each compartment. The top-nipple orange with drip

cup will ensure a sufficient supply of fresh and clean drinking water especially on hot

summer days. Feeder and drinker lines can be centrally adjusted and can thus easily

be adapted to the size of the birds (Figure 6).

Figure 6: Feeder and drinker lines layout

In BIOPIL, when the plan would be cleaned and sanitized between flocks, the

water lines that carry the water to the birds will be also sanitized. Successful water

sanitation will begin with through water line cleaning program. The variability and

dynamics of the water system could create challenges, but in BIOPIL these are going

to be overcome with having the water quality information and using of right tools.

A correct start of the batch is decisive for an optimum production cycle. It is of

major importance to find the right strategy for temperature and air humidity.

Especially the quality of the litter throughout the batch very much depends on how the

strategy was during the first weeks of the stocked broilers. It is important not to

economize on heating the first weeks. A saving at this stage can be counterproductive

at a later stage when talking heating costs (SKOV International, 2008). Chick

behavior is the most important indicator of proper environmental temperature.

Through their behavior, the broilers communicate whether the temperature is too high,

too low or correct. In BIOPIL will be very important to look at the birds and not only

to look at the recommendations from the hatchery or the companies selling breeding

stock. The managers will respond quickly to changes in chick behavior. The good

start-up of the batch will contribute to ensuring that the productivity has been as high

as possible when the birds reach slaughter weight.

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Light is an important management technique in broiler production and is

composed of at least three aspects, light wavelength, light intensity and photoperiod

length and distribution. The latter aspects can be considered independently but are

known to have interactive effects. By far the most research on broiler lighting has

been devoted to the impact of photoperiod length and distribution. Traditionally, it has

been assumed that using long daylengths in management schemes allowed maximum

feeding time and, as a consequence, maximum growth rate. A research program of the

University of Saskatchewan examined the relationship between darkness exposure

and a range of characteristics in commercial broilers (K. Schwean-Lardner & H.

Classen, 2010).

The daylength used in lighting programs can have important consequences on the

growth and meat yield of broiler chickens. It can also affect welfare as indicated by

the increase in the incidence of mortality and culls with increasing daylength. Broiler

performance is not optimized at 23 hours of daylength regardless of the nature of the

performance indicator and is not recommended. Growth is maximized at 20 hours of

daylength at younger ages but in older broilers, the optimum appears to be between 17

and 20 hours. Feed efficiency is improved with more darkness within the range

studied in this research. Shorter daylengths reduce mortality and the data indicate no

improvement when 14 hours of daylength is compared to 17 hours. Meat yield is

negatively affected by shorter daylength with particularly important effects on carcass

and breast meat yield. The diversity of daylength effects makes selection of one

lighting program for all broiler production situations impossible. Selection of lighting

programs based on performance and meat yield indices must therefore consider a

number of factors before a decision is reached.

Many factors need to be considered when selecting the right lighting program. The

nature of the market (e.g. whole carcass, cut up, further processed) and age when

birds are marketed are key factors. For example, the economic consequences of

lighting on broilers slaughtered at a young age for cut up markets will be quite

different than for birds raised an older market age for further processing.

The cost of feed is another important factor with higher costs making the impact of

daylength on feed efficiency much more important. Chickens prefer to eat during the

day and will not eat during darkness unless the daylength is very short or another

environmental or other factor causes a shift in eating behavior. Therefore, limiting the

time that birds have visual access of feeders and waterers by using shorter daylengths

could reduce growth rate, especially at younger ages. Further, the impact of lighting

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on health will also be more affected in rapidly growing birds than in those fed

nutritionally limiting diets.

The data from the above mentioned research strongly suggest that near-constant

light is not acceptable from a welfare perspective as its total score is much higher than

any other daylengths. In addition, the negative effect on broiler welfare is consistent

regardless of the assessment method (productivity, health, behavior or physiology).

Near-constant light appears to result in physiological changes within the bird,

resulting in an unexplainable drop in growth rate and feed intake, changes in eye

growth and the disruption of the diurnal rhythms and melatonin production. It also

results in changes to behavior that include increased lethargy and a decline in comfort,

exercise and nutritive behaviors. Therefore, we believe that near-constant or constant

photoperiods should not be used in the BIOPIL broiler production.

Adding a few hours of darkness will result in an improvement in all welfare

parameters. In addition, growth rate would be better for this daylength regardless of

age at marketing. So, even though birds are given less visual access to feeders and

drinkers, their growth rate and even more, their health would be improved.

In conclusion, the data in the research report clearly shows that near-constant or

constant daylength is not acceptable when considering the welfare of broilers and this

adds to the demonstration that these lighting programs are also not as good in terms of

production. Welfare is maximized when darkness is given to the birds and it appears

that a 17 hour daylength is near optimum from a welfare perspective which will be the

lighting program implemented in the new BIOPIL broiler house.

Stocking density is a balance between economics and biological performance.

Dave Watts (D. Watts, 2008) claims that rearing chicks in overcrowded conditions

does not deliver optimal biological or economical results. Initial stocking density can

be up to 50 chicks per m² depending upon the brooding system being used, until

approximately four days of age. After this, space can be progressively increased and

access to the whole house can be given by up to 14 days. This practice will be

implemented by BIOPIL.

Before chicks arrive, the floor will be covered to an even depth of 5-10 cm with

clean, dry litter material. Drinker height will be adjusted in response to litter

subsidence. In BIOPIL, wood shavings from dried soft woods will be used due to

their ability to absorb moisture but however, correct ventilation will be necessary to

prevent wet litter, especially during the winter period. However, it would be important

to give the litter a good start and keep it relatively dry. Heating costs are relatively

low when the humidity is kept down from the start when the temperature is high and

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the ventilation degree is low. In this situation, it is possible to reduce the air humidity

quite a bit by means of an extra, small air change. Later on, when the air change is

high, we would have to supply more heat in order to reduce the air humidity on a

small scale. It could thus be expensive to dry the litter at a later stage as a result of

wrong temperature strategy during the first weeks of the batch.

Ventilation is also very important in providing an optimum in-house environment

for broiler rearing. According to the James O. Donald’s publication Environmental

Management in the Broiler House (J. Donald, 2010), there are two basic ventilation

types: natural ventilation and fan-powered ventilation. Natural ventilation relies on

opening up the house to the right extent to allow outside breezes and inside

convection currents to flow air into and through the house. In curtain ventilation, the

curtains are opened to let in outside air when it gets warm; when it gets cold, they are

closed to restrict the flow of air. Opening house curtains allows a large volume of

outside air through the house, equalizing inside and outside conditions. From the other

side, fan-powered ventilation uses fans to bring air into and through the house.

Powered ventilation generally allows much more control over both the air exchange

rate and the airflow-through pattern, depending on the configuration of fans and air

inlets and the type of control used.

In Skopje, where the temperature during the summer is in the 35-38°C range,

naturally ventilated housing as a permanent solution is not feasible. Natural

ventilation as a system would not allow a great deal of control over in-house

conditions during whole year and therefore, BIOPIL will have curtain sided house

equipped with fan-powered ventilation system that will use natural ventilation as an

“in between” option only, when outside air temperature is close to desired in-house

temperature and neither heating (and minimum ventilation) nor cooling is needed.

BIOPIL will install fan-powered, negative-pressure ventilation that could be

operated with different fan and air inlet setups in three different modes, according to

the ventilation needs:

• Minimum ventilation – operated on a timer and used for cooler weather and/or

when the birds are smaller.

• Transitional ventilation – operated on thermostat or temperature sensor and used

for heat removal when wind-chill (tunnel) cooling is not needed or desirable.

• Tunnel ventilation – used for warmer weather and/or when the birds are larger,

operated on thermostat or temperature sensor.

Further, evaporative cooling would be additional effective tool for poultry

production in hot weather. The simplest application of evaporative cooling for broilers

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is the use of fogging nozzles mounted overhead in the curtain-ventilated house. The

most efficient and effective modern systems however, are designed to complement

and work in conjunction with tunnel ventilation. By adding some actual temperature

reduction on top of the wind-chill cooling effect of tunnel, properly designed and

operated tunnel-house evaporative cooling system will keep birds performing well in

very hot weather.

Figure 7 illustrates the basic principles of tunnel-house cooling through lowered

effective temperature by high wind speed plus lowered actual temperature by

evaporative cooling.

Figure 7: High-efficiency evaporative cooling and tunnel ventilation system design

The two major setup choices for tunnel-house evaporative cooling are in-house

foggers and wetted pads (spray-on or re-circulating) mounted over the tunnel air

inlets. Although either setup can do a good job, BIOPIL’s choice will be recirculating

pad system, as this solution is high-efficiency system that demands less management

attention and there is no risk of wetting birds or litter.

The evaporative cooling will work in combination with wind-chill cooling and will

keep birds in or near their comfort temperature zone. Evaporative cooling will extend

the range of conditions under which we can get top performance from birds. The

system would not have to lower the air temperature to the actual target thermometer

reading – it only has to get it into the range where the added effective temperature

drop produced by the tunnel airflow will do the job.

For example, if it is 35°C outside and we can get 7°C of evaporative cooling from

our system, the real air temperature coming into the house would be 28°C. If the

wind-chill effect from the 2.5 m/s air velocity is another 6°C, the effective

temperature felt by the birds will be 22°C – very close to optimum for fully-feathered

birds.

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The poultry processing

The following scheme illustrates the common technological process:

Figure 8: Process flow diagram

Layers, one-day old chickens and broilers will be bred according the EU standards

for poultry. Nine employees including the supervisor will take care of the chicken

livestock. The production of poultry in the slaughtering house of BIOPIL will be

conducted on a conveyor line where almost all the operations are automated.

After the broilers reach certain maturity in the breeding department, slaughtering

process begins. The birds are placed onto the “rollgang”. Specific for this room is that

it is exactly where the circular overhead conveyor starts or stops, moving with a

certain speed, which determines the capacity of the slaughtering house. To the

conveyor’s chain metal shackles are attached, and four operators use them to hang the

birds by their legs before further transportation for slaughtering, but after the

conducted veterinary and sanitary control.

Breeding

⇓ Poultry

⇓ Stunning and slaughtering

⇓ Defeathering and evisceration

⇓ Washing

⇓ Leg cutting

⇓ Washing

⇓ Chilling (waterbath and air jet)

⇓ Weighing and packaging

⇓ Distribution

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Stunning, bleeding and scalding are conducted in a ‘human” and professional way.

These operations are completely automated and supervised by two specially trained

operators.

Next operation is the so-called evisceration - removing the internal organs, i.e.

exenterating. During the evisceration, veterinary-sanitary inspection by a vet doctor

and technician is carried out. After this inspection, all the viscera are being collected.

The inedible offal is conveyed to the container for collecting and removing of waste,

while the edible internal organs are washed with cold water, then chilled in cold water

with ice and packaged. Five employees will work in this phase of the process.

The processed whole chickens are washed in washing unit with a system of

showers. After the veterinary and sanitary inspection of the slaughtered poultry

bodies, they undergo the chilling procedure carried out as combination of waterbath

and air jet operation. The procedure of water bath chilling takes place in a special

spiral refrigerant that in the same time is connected to a unit for squeezing and drying

the slaughtered whole chickens. After the air chilling and squeezing, the whole

chickens are weighed on a special multiple scales connected to a packaging trumpet.

Five operators will take care for these activities.

Air chilling continues in a special chamber (refrigerator) where the meat is chilled

up to -1.5 or 2°C in the depth.

Distribution of the poultry to the retailers is carried on in trucks with chambers

equipped with refrigerating units, which maintain the right temperature of the meat.

Besides whole chickens, the company plans to produce chicken products also,

depending on the needs and the market demand. These operations will be conducted

on special machines equipped with knives for cutting the poultry meat. These chicken

products are packaged in special Styrofoam plates covered with foil.

After the veterinary - sanitary inspection, the poultry meat that has been approved

for public consumption is being sealed with a special pneumatic gun and a stamp.

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Logistics

At the beginning it is foreseen that all the daily production of chilled broilers meat

will be delivered to the retail chains. If there is interest for deep frozen products, the

company will rent a freezer. The location of the deep-freezing chambers is in the

industrial area of Skopje, only few kilometers from anyone of the above mentioned

villages. The transportation of the final product to the customers and to the

warehouses will be effectuated with three own refrigerated trucks, each of 5 tons.

Poultry products are susceptible to contamination from a wide variety of physical,

microbial, chemical, and radiological agents. These products are particularly

vulnerable to microbiological hazards because their moisture, pH levels, and high

protein content provide ideal environments for the growth of bacteria. Because of

these characteristics, the products must be carefully monitored to prevent their

exposure (G. McKee, 2003).

BIOPIL will implement measures that will ensure safety of its products from initial

shipment through delivery to other destinations. Food safety protection will be

improved by the control of hazards through the use of preventive methods and good

sanitation. During transportation and storage, a proper refrigeration temperature will

be maintained and the “cold-chain” will be kept from breaking during steps such as

palletization, staging, loading and unloading of containers.

The company will include special arrangements with receivers to sample and

conduct microbiological tests on products as an additional check on product condition

during and after transportation. These results would be compared with pre-shipment

results to determine whether adjustments are needed in transport methods or

procedures. There will be a system in place to track products, including salvage,

reworked, and returned products. That system will be capable to identify and track the

product at any time during transportation and distribution by using of tamper-resistant

seals. Procedures for the immediate recall of adulterated products from trade and

consumer channels will be established.

Trucks will be designed and built to make locking and sealing easy, protect the

cargo against extremes of heat and cold, and prevent infestation by pests. Vehicle

design would permit effective inspection, cleaning, disinfection, and temperature

control. Interior surfaces will be made of materials that are suitable for direct food

contact. For example, the surfaces may be made with stainless steel or be coated with

food-grade epoxy resins. Cleaning and sanitation procedures will be specified in

writing. Transport vehicles are going to be secured to prevent tampering when not in

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use. Equipment used in transferring poultry, such as hand trucks, conveyors, and

forklifts, will be well maintained and kept in a sanitary condition.

All staff involved in the transportation, handling, and storage of BIOPIL’s products

will be trained in personal and food hygiene, sanitation, vehicle inspection

procedures, and transportation procedures that will ensure the safety meat products.

They should be able to judge potential risks, take appropriate preventive and

corrective actions, and ensure effective monitoring and supervision to prevent

intentional and unintentional contamination from occurring.

BIOPIL will implement an effective distribution strategy which will enable the

company to use its sales channels effectively and to maximize its profits. Focusing on

a small number of sales channels will let BIOPIL to invest in each one and build

strong relationships with key intermediaries as the efficient logistics and effective

communication would be vital for the company to maximize its sales.

Ecological aspects

The slaughtering house, as phase of the process with greatest pollution potential,

will be new modern facility, which meets all the necessary European standards for

this kind of processes. It will be equipped with new machines and will have its own

veterinary department, which will be responsible the technological process to meet the

veterinary standards. In this regard, the veterinary department will supervise the

production of the farm, the breeding process, slaughtering, chilling, freezing and

distribution. It will consist of a veterinarian and veterinary technicians who take care

of breeding and production process.

BIOPIL will not create any significant adverse impact, including denudation,

erosion, and pollution of the environment, nuisance, human health risk, bird welfare

problems or loss of visual amenity. The plant will be sited, designed and managed to

ensure that odor emissions and noise are minimized. All buildings and other ancillary

structures will be sited as unobtrusively as possible. Suitable trees and shrubs will be

planted and maintained around the sheds and other ancillary structures intended for

animal husbandry, to visually screen these activities from adjoining roads and

properties.

All effluent and other wastes will be properly managed and disposed of without

adverse effects on public health and the environment, including water resources. Solid

or liquid wastes should not be spread on the property within the prescribed distance of

dwellings, watercourses or roads.

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BIOPIL operation will not cause a nuisance by the harboring of pests or diseases,

for example rodents and furthermore, all facilities will be designed with consideration

for the welfare of the birds.

Maintaining and implementation of the ecological regulations and standards in the

company will be of primary importance. An anaerobic wastewater treatment plant that

will be located within the slaughtering house is foreseen as a part of the equipment.

With this plant, the problem with the wastewater will be completely solved. The

wastewater from the technological process will be treated in the plant, passing through

special primary, secondary and tertiary filters. The company will implement the latest

devices for sanitation and disinfections of the plant, with central disinfections system.

The hygiene will be on a very high level, concerning the entire process of production.

QA management

Since the company will produce highly sensitive food product, the whole process

of production will use SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) developed in the first

six months of production. This, along with the own sanitary-veterinary inspection,

will allow the company to apply for ISO 9000 (Quality Management System)

certification after the first year of production. Further, implementation of the ISO

22000 (The Food Safety Management System) will dynamically combine the HACCP

(Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) principles and application steps with

prerequisite programmes and, by using the hazard analysis, the company would

determine the strategy that will be used to ensure safe products and hazard control by

combining GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and GDP (Good Distribution

Practice) systems, the prerequisite programmes and the HACCP plan. Last but not

least, in order to safeguard environmental integrity, the ISO 14000 (Environmental

Management System) will be implemented in the company.

Above certificates, as well as the care for environment, will together form the

company’s TQMS (Total Quality Management System) and add value to the image of

naturalness of BIOPIL’s products. External quality and food safety audits will be

conducted annually to ensure effectiveness of the system.

The veterinarian will act as a QA manager, having veterinarian technicians and

microbiology technician who will take care of all issues concerning health of the

livestock and meat, as well as a hygienic and sanitary condition of the plant.

The health of the birds in BIOPIL will be properly managed in order the flock

performance to be maximized by minimizing or preventing poultry diseases through

good husbandry, biosecurity and welfare practices. Early detection through regular

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monitoring of production parameters, prevention and treatment of health issues will

be essential to an effective on-farm disease control program.

Production’s parameters will be closely review and compare with the company

targets. The QA department will conduct a proper investigation when monitored

parameters do not meet established goals.

Knowing what to expect at what age and how to detect what is abnormal for the

flock is crucial. In investigating the cause of disease, care must be taken in associating

a bacterium or virus isolated from the infected flock as the cause of the disease. Many

non-pathogenic bacteria or viruses may also be isolated from healthy birds (K. Jones,

2009).

Continuous improvement of male health within the BIOPIL breeder operation will

be accomplished through a good record keeping and sample collection throughout the

lives of the flocks and across the whole production process. In addition, it would be

extremely helpful to keep abreast of local and regional health concerns in order to

prepare for the unexpected. The recognition of health problems will involve several

steps. In diagnosing a disease problem, and planning and implementing a control

strategy, it will be important to remember that the more thorough the investigation,

the more thorough the diagnosis. However, early disease recognition is critical.

Help from specialized institutions will be asked as well. Quality of the products

will be established as the highest priority of every employee, stressing its importance

from the very beginning of the employees' selection process.

FINANCIAL STRUCTURE

Ownership structure BIOPIL's total assets amount to EUR 1,600,000. Founders of the company will

have 60% shares amounting to EUR 960,000 and private investors will own the rest of

EUR 640,000. The ownership structure is shown in the table below.

Founders 60%

Private investors 40%

Total: 100%

Table 5: Ownership structure

Assets structure

BIOPIL will be located near Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia,

close to the ring road, which is going to be constructed in the course of the next three

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years. The area has 10,000 m2 and the price of the land for this region amounts to

EUR 10/m2.

The total value of company’s assets is EUR 1,305,000 capital assets and EUR

295,000 current assets. The structure of the assets is presented in the following table:

Table 6: Assets structure

The price of the building comprises both, the price of materials (bricks, steel, etc.)

and the construction works.

The same applies for the equipment. Installation is included in the price. The

equipment will have a capacity for a daily production of 9,000 chickens, in two shifts.

The fleet of the company consists of four vehicles, one second-hand truck for

transport of chickens and three new vehicles for transport of chicken meat.

Assets Amount

(EUR)

Capital assets 1,305,000

Land 100,000

Building 400,000

Chicken layers & initial broilers 65,000

Farm equipment & WWT plant 250,000

Equipment for breeding broilers 100,000

Equipment for processing meat 135,000

Shock tunnel for quick freezing 50,000

Freezer 60,000

Equipment for cleaning 5,000

Truck for transport of chickens 40,000

Vehicles for distribution of chicken meat 50,000

Office equipment 20,000

Furniture and fixtures 30,000

Current assets 295,000

Purchasing concentrate 60,000

Purchasing of corn for food 160,000

Purchasing of soya for food 70,000

Unexpected costs 5,000

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Office equipment consists of all the computers in the company, phones, fax

machines, photocopier, etc.

Employee structure

The company will start its activity with a total of 55 employees and in the period of

three years will reach a number of 80. The number of employees per departments in

the company and their qualifications through the years are presented in the following

table.

Year I Year II Year III

Job Position Qualification No. of

employees

No. of

employees

No. of

employees

Management Board University degree 5 5 5

Technologist * University degree 1 1 2

Veterinarian* University degree 1 1 1

Maintenance* Qualified worker 1 2 2

Operators in Breeding Dept.* Qualified worker 9 12 16

Operators in Slaughtering House* Qualified worker 18 22 28

Veterinarian technicians* Qualified worker 2 3 3

Administration High qualified 2 2 3

Workers in distribution Qualified worker 16 17 20

Total: 55 65 80

Table 7: Employees structure

Employees at the managerial position will be compensated at a rate of EUR 1,000

gross monthly salary, whereas the technologists and veterinarian, maintenance and

administration, veterinarian technicians, operators and workers will be compensated at

EUR 700, 500 and 400 respectively.

* All posts in blue report to the Production Manager.

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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

The projections of financial results from BIOPIL's activities are prepared for the

period of three years (Appendices 1 and 4).

The projections for the next three years are based upon the following assumptions:

1. Sales of the company will be as follows:

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Sales (kg.) 700,000 1,300,000 2,000,000

Table 8: Sales of chicken in the first three years

2. The price of chickens will be MKD 133 per kilogram (chicken).

3. Exchange rate will be MKD 61 = EUR 1

4. Gross salary of the employees will be the same in the first two years; in the third

year salaries are raised by 20%.

5. Regarding the costs of raw materials and packaging materials, they would amount

to 42% of the sales revenue. The greatest part of the raw materials (90%) is

imported.

6. Energy costs (electricity, water, gas) amount to maximum of 3% of the sales

revenue.

7. Costs for marketing are calculated at 8% of the sales revenues for the first year;

afterwards they will increase up to 9% and 10% for the second and third year

respectively.

8. Selling costs in the first year would amount to 3% of the sales revenues and the

following years they would amount to 4% and 5%.

9. The company will use 1% of the sales revenue in the first two years for R&D

activities; the third year this cost will be increased to 2%.

10. Maintenance and other fixed costs would amount to 4% and 6% of the sales

revenues respectively.

11. The income tax is 15%.

12. The discount rate used by calculating the Net Present Value is 15%.

13. In the second year dividends would be paid in amount of 15% of the net income

after tax.

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Analysis of the Financial Statements

As it is presented in the Balance Sheet (Appendix 2), the assets of the company

amount to EUR 1,854,692 in the first year. This amount will gradually be increasing

in the following years reaching the figure of EUR 3,245,148 in the third year. The

cash surplus in the first two years represents the highest item of the total current

assets. The analysis shows that the cash surplus increases also in the third year, but

not so rapidly compared to the account receivables. This is due to the new strategy of

the company, increasing the account receivables in order to get bigger market share.

For the same reason the company increased the marketing and sales costs.

The analysis also shows that the account receivables are increasing from EUR

74,131 in the first year to almost EUR 900,000 in the third year. The main reason for

this is very low rate of payables from the customers from one side and the strategy of

the company, which tends to extend the days of collecting the receivables from

customers from 15 to around 90 days. The economic situation in the country pushes

companies in the region to compete in this way, allowing customers to pay for the

products with a delay of 15-90 days, depending on the type. So, normally for the meat

products customers are allowed to pay 30 days later.

The value of the raw materials as it is presented in the Balance Sheet increases

over the years reaching up to EUR 257,500 in the third year. The main reason for this

is the fact that almost 90% of the raw materials are imported. Having in mind the

region where the company is situated (unstable situation), the transport, etc., the

company must always have enough quantity on stock, which will ensure continuous

production.

The structure of liabilities shows that the company does not have long-term

liabilities for credits and is creditworthy.

The projections of the Income Statements (Appendices 1 and 4) show that the

company will be profitable in the next three years. The net income, which in Year 1

amounts to EUR 163,927, will continually increase up to EUR 578,326 in Year 3. In

the first year, having in mind that BIOPIL is new entrant on the RM market, there are

sufficient revenues, which are constant throughout the year. The following years

revenues increase rapidly, reaching a figure of almost EUR 4.4 millions due to the

increase of the sales from 700,000 to 2,000,000 chickens.

The Cash Flow Statement (Appendices 3 and 6) confirms that it is feasible to found

the company. Throughout the projected period of three years, the company has

positive cash flow and cumulative surplus. This means that in the future when the

company will establish itself better on the market, the sales increase and

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promotional/sales costs decrease, the company could accumulate enough cash to use

later on for investment activities i.e. extension of the production process.

Table Ratio analysis (Appendix 7) contains the most important financial ratios that

reflect the company’s operations: liquidity, profitability, debt and other activity ratios.

The liquidity ratio shows that the company will be liquid enough to cover the

current liabilities with the current assets. Working capital of the company is

increasing over the years; on the other hand current ratio decreases in the second year

and remains stable the year after.

Activity ratios present the way of how good or bad company has dealt with the

receivables and its inventory. The results show dramatic decrease of the receivables

turnover from 20.6 in Year 1 to 4.9 in Year 3. This results in increasing the days for

collecting the receivables. In fact, it was a company’s management decision for

making higher market penetration. In order to ensure its production and sales,

especially in situation when company has started with more intensive promotional

activities, the decision was made to decrease the inventory turnover which will reflect

also on the days on the inventory on hand presented in the same appendix. The asset

turnover of the company is increasing steadily over the years from 0.82 in Year 1 to

1.34 in Year 3 due to the increase of the sales.

Increasing of sales influences also the debt ratio. The debt ratio increases from 5%

in Year 1 up to 19% in Year 3. This is due primarily to the fact that the amount of

liabilities increases in higher percent compared to the increase of the total assets.

Profitability ratios represent how profitably the company has worked during the

projected period. In the first year, as a new company, the sales of the company were

big enough to cover only the operating costs. The following years, with the new

strategy of the company, sales have risen resulting in increase of the profit margin and

return on assets and owners’ equity.

The Net Present Value (NPV) analysis of the investment (Appendix 8) indicates

positive value after the period of ten years, at the discount rate of 15%. Period of ten

years is taken as a project lifecycle, although usually equipment is used much longer.

Revenues and costs after the third year are assumed same like the third year. It is a

strong evidence for the potential success of the investment and one of the crucial

factors for financial justification of the project. Normal Payback Period is calculated

at 3.4 years.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 30.8% shows that the investment can be still

worthy, even if the cost of the money reach 30.8% which is much above all bank’s

loans interest. It is additional factor in favor of the investment.

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MANAGEMENT PLAN

The team members that will be chosen to lead the company towards successful

start–up and constant growth should represent combination of experience, up-to date

knowledge in technology and communication abilities with the suppliers and

customers.

Chief Executive Officer

The position of Managing Director will be given to a person who has experience

and will also lead the company in the best possible way. The key to the customers

trust is also gained by including people with experience. This is essential for a

company that starts as a newcomer. A person with an entrepreneurial mind set-up,

combined with the skills and experience from his previous job positions is the best

guarantee for private investors.

The Managing Director will have the total overview of the company.

Production Manager

The position of Production Manager will be responsible for overall production of

the Company including QA. He will carry out studies on procedures, develop,

implement and continue a total quality concept in alignment with the company targets,

provide analyses and recommendations for the factory management and participate in

staff selection and recruitment. Further, he will analyze costs, efficiency and liability

of the plant, evaluate changes and ascertain that safety and accident prevention

regulations are observed and implemented on the shop floor.

Production Manager will be responding to the Managing Director.

Marketing & Sales Manager (Commercial Manager)

The duties of Marketing and Sales Manager are preparation of the marketing

strategy and monitoring of sales, but also distribution and logistic.

Marketing & Sales Manager will be responding directly to the Managing Director.

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HR & Legal issues Manager

Appointment of the right people on the right post, building company culture and

loyalty, making people satisfied and motivated, these are only few of the challenges

that this manager will face.

This Manager will also be responding to the Managing Director.

Financial and Risk Manager

Financial Manager with solid business background is needed for this position.

Apart for developed skills in finances, his background should allow him to develop

skills in risk management.

Financial Manager will be directly responding to the Managing Director.

Figure 9: Detailed Organizational Chart and number of Employees

Some of employees have few tasks and some task are directly executed or

managed by the members of the board.

An Advisory Board is not foreseen at the moment, but the company will use

number of outsourced consultants. A professional accountant for preparation of a mid

year and final accounting reports will be needed, as well as a lawyer who will be

Managing Director

Veterinary Inspection (3)

Breeding & Slaughtering (28)

Maintenance (1)

Production Manager (1)

Commercial Manager (1)

Finance Manager

Marketing (1)

Sales (15)

Logistic & Distribution

Risk Assessment

Personnel Department

(1)

R&D

HR & Legal

Accounting (1)

Legal Issues

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responsible for all the legal documentation concerned with the registration and the

start-up of a new firm, as well as representation in court. The company will contract

QBE Macedonia as a leading insurance company in the country. A contract with an IT

company is also preferred since the well developed web page is a mean of spreading

the information and could be great help in terms of marketing and increased

company's image.

Overhauls of the equipment will be outsourced as well, except of minor

interventions.

CRITICAL RISKS

Competition The company would be new on the domestic market, where several companies

have already established brands. Even though BIOPIL will pursue the strategy of

penetration, the competition is expected to act very quickly. The competitors are

expected to react in one of the following ways:

• Reduce prices of their products

• Improve certain attributes of their products

• Start a more aggressive promotional activity

• Find out more efficient channels of distribution

The company has anticipated the possible ways that could be used to fight the

competition. The management expects that launching period of the company's

products, when the prices will be slightly lower than those of the competitors' brands

would take long enough to attract the customers. The quality of the products and the

intensive distribution would add up positive results, which when combined with the

aggressive promotional campaign would contribute towards achieving the planned

success.

BIOPIL's competitive advantage over the other brands is the fact that it avails with

own chicken layers. This has many positive implications on the operating costs and

the financial results, since it does not have to pay extra money for purchasing broilers

- which is the case with all other companies on the market.

In addition, the company is expected to establish itself on the market very soon

also through developing cooperative relation with smaller producers of poultry meat

in the country. The company plans to sell part of its production of broilers to

individual farmers and act as their exclusive supplier. This would enable the company

fortify its position very soon and become key player on the domestic market.

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Managerial and staffing issues

BIOPIL should start to operate with small managerial team consisting of five

managers on key positions. The managers are going to be highly educated,

experienced and knowledgeable in areas of their expertise. They will be prepared to

take on the challenge of running the company. The general manager will compensate

its managerial team at motivating level of salary - twice as the country's average.

Possible threat might come from some of the managers who might decide to leave

the company. In addition to the managerial contracts that protect the company to a

certain extent from possible resignations, it would not be too difficult to find adequate

replacement. This is based primarily on the fact that there is high unemployment in

the country, and what is even more important, there is unemployed but experienced

and well-qualified human potential on the market. After the bankruptcy of the former

socially owned capacities for the production of poultry, many experts were made

redundant. This represents significant human resources potential for our company.

The above mentioned equally apply to labor force that could be hired in the

company in case some of the current staff leaves because of the different reasons. On

the domestic market there is sufficient number of people with suitable qualifications

who could be included in the operating process in our company, once they complete a

short training program.

Legal factors

We are aware of possible changes in legislative regulations in the country, which

would have impact on the company's performance and would distort the plan.

Negative aspects connecting to these changes are that import duties for competitive

brands are to be reduced as a result of country's accession to the World Trade

Organization (WTO). On the other hand the prices of raw materials for the company's

production (food and medicaments for the broilers) will decrease as well.

Since foundation, company will follow all EU regulations that will become

mandatory as national very soon. There is no threat connected to licensing, copyright,

patent, etc. since the products have other kinds of specifics.

Other areas of vulnerability

The company cannot influence the macroeconomic factors since the government

regulates them. However the company would fight against these changes by its

flexibility and readiness to adjust changes quickly.

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EXIT STRATEGY

Our strategy is to fortify our position on the domestic market and increase our

market share gradually. We direct all our business efforts towards becoming leader

and taking the place of the current one. This should be realized through high capacity

utilization and massive distribution of our high quality products. In order to expand

the business at medium term perspective, we would consider the following actions:

• Acquisition of domestic company, offered for privatization, and

• Establishing joint venture with foreign partner.

The first move could be planned as introductory one in expanding the business. In

the country, there is number of companies looking for investors to privatize. We

would make the decision for acquisition of existing company, once we have

conducted a detailed analysis and have recognized opportunities to expand our market

share and improve our competitive advantage significantly. This would surely

strengthen our position on the market, especially if we could achieve forward vertical

integration.

The other possibility is, as mentioned before, to create joint venture with some of

the existing competitors. Our company should have the majority stake in the newly

formed entity. This could also be realized with a foreign investor interested in the

Macedonian market. When a big foreign company would come to explore the

possibilities, we would be able to offer our company with the acquisitions previously

realized. It would significantly improve our chances to sell the company to a potential

investor at a much higher price. The strategy of all big companies is when making

acquisitions or mergers; they do it with the market leaders. Since our business goal is

to become one, they could consider our company as a prime potential partner. The

potential buyer would evaluate our company based on its most recent performances

and future perspectives: What we have to do?

There are several key points for our company in creating good image for the

possible partner:

1. We have to keep high profile by getting well known by industry competitors.

2. Rapid growth is what we are expecting to achieve with the company. Potential

partner will appreciate more rapid growth, which leads to high profits.

3. Controlling market share can contribute to a big valuation of the company.

4. Building up technical advantage over the competitors.

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However, our company would pursue the strategy of becoming leader on the

market, and keeping that position in the following years. The value of every business

would depend on the market demand and on the way we are managing the business,

which would determine the profits our company would generate.

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

As a direct result of the investment, BIOPIL will initially hire a significant number

of workers, which will contribute towards reduction of the unemployment in the

country. Due to the fact that the company will breed its own broilers with possibility

to sell those to interested farmers and companies in the domestic market, it would

decrease the foreign exchange the companies have been giving for the import of

broilers and would foster the development of small enterprises in this industry branch.

In the past fifteen years, many domestic large scale operators in the livestock

industry have been forced out of the business due to various problems ranging from

shortage and high cost of feed, high cost and availability of veterinary services and

drugs, poor quality of equipment to other input.

Maintaining livestock and poultry production in RM is necessary to keeping our

healthy dairy, meat, and egg processing sector and providing a market for our

farmers’ corn, soybeans, hay and other feed products. Since feed cost is becoming the

most important factor in livestock production, in the immediate future, animal

producers in our country must look closely at their locally available feed resources.

There is no doubt that the present economic crisis has taught our country, an

important lesson for placing too heavy a dependence on imported raw materials in

animal production.

BIOPIL has to go to cheaper diets that are economically viable substitutes, which

can be grown locally. Extended activities should be focused on training of the farmers

on the improved production management in order to enable them to use the available

resources efficiently and increase productivity. Because farms are local businesses, a

strong farm economy also helps wage the battle against the economic decline of our

rural community. BIOPIL should care about the local community and should have a

vested interest in the economic health and growth of its business and citizens.

The new company will adopt the latest technology in poultry raising, particularly

in the areas of environmental control and automation in feeding, drinking, and other

management practices. However, production inefficiency, along with the reliance on

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high-cost imported inputs could result in a higher production cost of the live birds and

therefore, there is no doubt that employees’ capabilities and skills should continuously

be improved in accordance with the time period in which we live. Regarding the

poultry industry, these skills should be exceedingly high if BIOPIL expects to remain

a domestic leader in this branch.

Permanent training activities should be essential for the company especially in the

following areas: disease control, housing and equipment, feeding, genetic

improvement, distribution and marketing. A basic knowledge in specific features of

poultry anatomy/physiology is also important to understand the basis of the above

topics. Further, enhancement of relationship between BIOPIL and the research centers

should always be one of the new company’s main concerns. It could more benefit by

continuously use of knowledge generated by poultry research centers.

As information technologies and Lean practices make further inroads across all

industries, additional opportunity for BIOPIL would be to apply the lean philosophy

in all its operations and processes. This management approach considers the

expenditure of resources for any goal other than creating value for the end customer to

be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination. Working from the perspective of the

customer who consumes a product or service, value is defined as any action or process

for which a customer would be willing to pay.

In the production area, implementation of Lean Manufacturing will result in more

predictable outcomes and by elimination of all detected non-value adding activities,

will lead to higher operational effectiveness.

The Lean Distribution approach increases flexibility and simplicity to reduce the

reliance on forecasts and optimized plans to achieve results. This approach will apply

tools and techniques to streamline and accelerate material flow, reduce lead time and

errors, eliminate unnecessary handling, maximize facility utilization and improve

inventory management of the company.

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LIST OF REFERENCES

B. Besbes, M.Tixier-Boichard, I. Hoffmann & G.L. Jain. 2007. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Future trends for poultry genetic resources; Current and future challenges: Increasing demand for poultry products. FAO. 2008. FAO Animal Production and Health Proceedings. Proceedings of the International Poultry Conference. Poultry in the 21st Century. C. Narrod, M. Tiongco & A. Costales. 2007. International Food Policy Research Institute. Global poultry sector trends and external drivers of structural change. Cambridge University Press. 2007. World's Poultry Science Association. World's Poultry Science Journal, Volume 63. J. Connor. 2009. The Perfection of Marketing. The CEO’s Guide to Building a Brand and Driving Sales in Three Steps. A. Damodaran. 2006. John Wiley & Son, Inc. Applied Corporate Finance. A User’s Manual. R. Libby, P.A. Libby, D.G. Short. 2009. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Financial Accounting. P. Kotler, K. Keller, M. Brady, M. Goodman & T. Hansen. 2009. Pearson Education Limited. Marketing Management. Global Research & Data Services. 2011. Meat Products in RM. R. Baron, S. Shane. 2008. South-Western, a part of Cengage Learning. Entrepreneurship: A Process Perspective. D. Watts. 2008. Ross Tech Note – Getting the Breeder Chick Started. K. Kirkpatrick & E. Fleming. 2008. Arbor Acres Update. Water Quality. The European Food Safety Authority. 2011. http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/. J. Snow. 2011. Devenish Nutrition, Fairmont, MN USA. Poultry Feeding Challenges in the 21st Century. SKOV International. 2008. Poultry Edition. K. Schwean-Lardner & H. Classen. 2010. Poultry Research Unit at the University of Saskatchewan. Lighting for Broilers. J. Donald. 2010. Environmental Management in the Broiler House. G. McKee. 2003. The U.S. Department of Agriculture. Food Safety and Security Guidelines for the Transportation and Distribution of Meat and Poultry Products. K. Jones. 2009. Mississippi State University. Health Management of the Modern Broiler Breeder Male.

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Income Statement at Year 1in EUR

INCOME STATEMENT Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL YEAR 1

SALES 130.820 87.213 109.016 152.623 152.623 130.820 109.016 141.721 119.918 98.115 109.016 185.328 1.526.230

Direct Material costs 54.944 36.630 45.787 64.102 64.102 54.944 45.787 59.523 50.366 41.208 45.787 77.838 641.016

Direct Labour costs 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 310.800

Direct Energy costs 3.925 2.616 3.270 4.579 4.579 3.925 3.270 4.252 3.598 2.943 3.270 5.560 45.787

COST OF GOODS SOLD 84.769 65.146 74.957 94.580 94.580 84.769 74.957 89.675 79.863 70.052 74.957 109.298 997.603

GROSS PROFIT 46.051 22.067 34.059 58.043 58.043 46.051 34.059 52.047 40.055 28.063 34.059 76.030 528.626

Marketing costs 10.466 6.977 8.721 12.210 12.210 10.466 8.721 11.338 9.593 7.849 8.721 14.826 122.098

Selling costs 3.925 2.616 3.270 4.579 4.579 3.925 3.270 4.252 3.598 2.943 3.270 5.560 45.787

Research and development 1.308 872 1.090 1.526 1.526 1.308 1.090 1.417 1.199 981 1.090 1.853 15.262

Maintenance of equipment 5.233 3.489 4.361 6.105 6.105 5.233 4.361 5.669 4.797 3.925 4.361 7.413 61.049

Fixed & administrative expenses 7.849 5.233 6.541 9.157 9.157 7.849 6.541 8.503 7.195 5.887 6.541 11.120 91.574

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 28.780 19.187 23.984 33.577 33.577 28.780 23.984 31.179 26.382 21.585 23.984 40.772 335.770

OPERATING PROFIT 17.270 2.880 10.075 24.466 24.466 17.270 10.075 20.868 13.673 6.478 10.075 35.258 192.856

Tax on profit 15% 2.591 432 1.511 3.670 3.670 2.591 1.511 3.130 2.051 972 1.511 5.289 28.928

NET PROFIT AFTER TAX 14.680 2.448 8.564 20.796 20.796 14.680 8.564 17.738 11.622 5.506 8.564 29.969 163.927

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Balance Sheet at Year 1in EUR

BALANCE SHEET Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL YEAR 1

Assets Current assets

Cash 295.665 324.363 334.365 348.328 378.832 411.491 438.034 453.074 482.675 506.160 520.297 531.028 531.028Trade recievables 52.328 34.885 43.607 61.049 61.049 52.328 43.607 56.689 47.967 39.246 43.607 74.131 74.131Raw materials 30.000 20.000 25.000 35.000 35.000 30.000 25.000 32.500 27.500 22.500 25.000 42.500 42.500Inventories 13.082 8.721 10.902 15.262 15.262 13.082 10.902 14.172 11.992 9.811 10.902 18.533 18.533

Total current assets 391.075 387.969 413.873 459.639 490.143 506.901 517.542 556.435 570.134 577.717 599.805 666.192 666.192

Fixed assetsLand 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000Buildings 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000Chicken Layers 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000Furniture and fixtures 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000Machinery & Equipment 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000Office equipment 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000Vehicles 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000Accumulated depreciation 9.708 19.417 29.125 38.833 48.542 58.250 67.958 77.667 87.375 97.083 106.792 116.500 116.500 Total net fixed assets 1.295.292 1.285.583 1.275.875 1.266.167 1.256.458 1.246.750 1.237.042 1.227.333 1.217.625 1.207.917 1.198.208 1.188.500 1.188.500

Total asets 1.686.367 1.673.553 1.689.748 1.725.806 1.746.602 1.753.651 1.754.584 1.783.768 1.787.759 1.785.634 1.798.014 1.854.692 1.854.692

Equity and liabilities Short-term liabilitiesTrade payables 39.246 26.164 32.705 45.787 45.787 39.246 32.705 42.516 35.975 29.434 32.705 55.598 55.598Salaries payable 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900 25.900Other short-term financial liabilities 6.541 4.361 5.451 7.631 7.631 6.541 5.451 7.086 5.996 4.906 5.451 9.266 9.266 Total current liabilities 71.687 56.425 64.056 79.318 79.318 71.687 64.056 75.502 67.871 60.240 64.056 90.765 90.765

Long-term liabilities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total liabilities 71.687 56.425 64.056 79.318 79.318 71.687 64.056 75.502 67.871 60.240 64.056 90.765 90.765

Owners capitalOwners equity 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000Retained earnings 14.680 17.128 25.692 46.488 67.284 81.964 90.528 108.266 119.888 125.394 133.958 163.927 163.927

Total owners capital 1.614.680 1.617.128 1.625.692 1.646.488 1.667.284 1.681.964 1.690.528 1.708.266 1.719.888 1.725.394 1.733.958 1.763.927 1.763.927

Total equity and liabilities 1.686.367 1.673.553 1.689.748 1.725.806 1.746.602 1.753.651 1.754.584 1.783.768 1.787.759 1.785.634 1.798.014 1.854.692 1.854.692

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Cash Flow for Year 1in EUR

CASH FLOW Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL YEAR 1

Operations during the year Net Income After Taxes 14.680 2.448 8.564 20.796 20.796 14.680 8.564 17.738 11.622 5.506 8.564 29.969 163.927

Depreciation 9.708 9.708 9.708 9.708 9.708 9.708 9.708 9.708 9.708 9.708 9.708 9.708 116.500Account Payables Increase / Decrease 39.246 -13.082 6.541 13.082 0 -6.541 -6.541 9.811 -6.541 -6.541 3.270 22.893 55.598Salary Payables Increase / Decrease 25.900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25.900Other Financial Payables Increase / Decrease 6.541 -2.180 1.090 2.180 0 -1.090 -1.090 1.635 -1.090 -1.090 545 3.816 9.266

Account Receivables Increase / Decrease -52.328 17.443 -8.721 -17.443 0 8.721 8.721 -13.082 8.721 8.721 -4.361 -30.525 -74.131Raw Materials Increase / Decrease -30.000 10.000 -5.000 -10.000 0 5.000 5.000 -7.500 5.000 5.000 -2.500 -17.500 -42.500Inventory Increase / Decrease -13.082 4.361 -2.180 -4.361 0 2.180 2.180 -3.270 2.180 2.180 -1.090 -7.631 -18.533

Cash from operations 665 28.698 10.002 13.963 30.504 32.659 26.543 15.040 29.601 23.485 14.137 10.731 236.028

Financing activities Proceeds from Short Term Loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Proceeds from Long Term Loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Repayment of Short Term Loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Repayment of Long Term Loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New share capital 1.600.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.600.000

Cash from financing activities 1.600.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.600.000

Investing activities Purchases of Fixed Assets -1.305.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.305.000

Increase in Other Current Assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Increase in Other Assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cash from investing activities -1.305.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.305.000

Increase/(Decrease) in Cash 295.665 28.698 10.002 13.963 30.504 32.659 26.543 15.040 29.601 23.485 14.137 10.731 531.028

Change in Cash Balance Beginning Cash Balance 0 295.665 324.363 334.365 348.328 378.832 411.491 438.034 453.074 482.675 506.160 520.297 0 Ending Cash Balance 295.665 324.363 334.365 348.328 378.832 411.491 438.034 453.074 482.675 506.160 520.297 531.028 531.028

Increase/(Decrease) in Cash 295.665 28.698 10.002 13.963 30.504 32.659 26.543 15.040 29.601 23.485 14.137 10.731 531.028

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Income Statement at Year 2&3in EUR

INCOME STATEMENT Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 TOTAL YEAR 2 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 TOTAL

YEAR 3

SALES 675.902 697.705 697.705 763.115 2.834.426 1.101.066 1.090.164 1.046.557 1.122.869 4.360.656

Direct Material costs 283.879 293.036 293.036 320.508 1.190.459 462.448 457.869 439.554 471.605 1.831.475

Direct Labour costs 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 360.000 135.150 135.150 135.150 135.150 540.600

Direct Energy costs 20.277 20.931 20.931 22.893 85.033 33.032 32.705 31.397 33.686 130.820

COST OF GOODS SOLD 394.156 403.967 403.967 433.402 1.635.492 630.630 625.724 606.101 640.441 2.502.895

GROSS PROFIT 281.746 293.738 293.738 329.713 1.198.934 470.436 464.440 440.457 482.428 1.857.761

Marketing costs 60.831 62.793 62.793 68.680 255.098 110.107 109.016 104.656 112.287 436.066

Selling costs 27.036 27.908 27.908 30.525 113.377 55.053 54.508 52.328 56.143 218.033

Research and development 6.759 6.977 6.977 7.631 28.344 22.021 21.803 20.931 22.457 87.213

Maintenance of equipment 27.036 27.908 27.908 30.525 113.377 44.043 43.607 41.862 44.915 174.426

Fixed & administrative expenses 40.554 41.862 41.862 45.787 170.066 66.064 65.410 62.793 67.372 261.639

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 162.216 167.449 167.449 183.148 680.262 297.288 294.344 282.570 303.175 1.177.377

OPERATING PROFIT 119.530 126.289 126.289 146.566 518.672 173.148 170.096 157.886 179.253 680.384

Tax on profit 15% 17.929 18.943 18.943 21.985 77.801 25.972 25.514 23.683 26.888 102.058

NET PROFIT AFTER TAX 101.600 107.345 107.345 124.581 440.871 147.176 144.582 134.203 152.365 578.326

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Balance Sheet at Year 2&3in EUR

BALANCE SHEET Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 TOTAL YEAR 2 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 TOTAL

YEAR 3

Assets Current assets

Cash 539.767 667.967 804.437 933.331 933.331 520.033 702.235 899.547 1.021.566 1.021.566Trade recievables 270.361 279.082 279.082 305.246 305.246 880.852 872.131 837.246 898.295 898.295Raw materials 155.000 160.000 160.000 175.000 175.000 252.500 250.000 240.000 257.500 257.500Inventories 67.590 69.770 69.770 76.311 76.311 110.107 109.016 104.656 112.287 112.287

Total current assets 1.032.718 1.176.819 1.313.290 1.489.889 1.489.889 1.763.492 1.933.383 2.081.449 2.289.648 2.289.648

Fixed assetsLand 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000Buildings 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000 400.000Chicken Layers 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000 65.000Furniture and fixtures 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000Machinery & Equipment 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000 600.000Office equipment 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000Vehicles 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000Accumulated depreciation 145.625 174.750 203.875 233.000 233.000 262.125 291.250 320.375 349.500 349.500 Total net fixed assets 1.159.375 1.130.250 1.101.125 1.072.000 1.072.000 1.042.875 1.013.750 984.625 955.500 955.500

Total asets 2.192.093 2.307.069 2.414.415 2.561.889 2.561.889 2.806.367 2.947.133 3.066.074 3.245.148 3.245.148

Equity and liabilities Short-term liabilitiesTrade payables 202.770 209.311 209.311 228.934 228.934 330.320 327.049 313.967 336.861 336.861Salaries payable 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 135.150 135.150 135.150 135.150 135.150Dividends payable 0 0 0 66.131 66.131 0 0 0 86.749 86.749Other short-term financial liabilities 33.795 34.885 34.885 38.156 38.156 55.053 54.508 52.328 56.143 56.143 Total current liabilities 326.566 334.197 334.197 423.221 423.221 520.523 516.707 501.445 614.903 614.903

Long-term liabilities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total liabilities 326.566 334.197 334.197 423.221 423.221 520.523 516.707 501.445 614.903 614.903

Owners capitalOwners equity 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.600.000Retained earnings 265.527 372.873 480.218 538.668 538.668 685.844 830.426 964.629 1.030.245 1.030.245

Total owners capital 1.865.527 1.972.873 2.080.218 2.138.668 2.138.668 2.285.844 2.430.426 2.564.629 2.630.245 2.630.245

Total equity and liabilities 2.192.093 2.307.069 2.414.415 2.561.889 2.561.889 2.806.367 2.947.133 3.066.074 3.245.148 3.245.148

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Cash Flow for Year 2&3in EUR

CASH FLOW Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 TOTAL YEAR 2 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 TOTAL

YEAR 3

Operations during the year Net Income After Taxes 101.600 107.345 107.345 124.581 440.871 147.176 144.582 134.203 152.365 578.326

Depreciation 29.125 29.125 29.125 29.125 116.500 29.125 29.125 29.125 29.125 116.500Account Payables Increase / Decrease 147.172 6.541 0 19.623 173.336 101.385 -3.270 -13.082 22.893 107.926Salary Payables Increase / Decrease 64.100 0 0 0 64.100 45.150 0 0 0 45.150Other Financial Payables Increase / Decrease 24.529 1.090 0 3.270 28.889 16.898 -545 -2.180 3.816 17.988

0Account Receivables Increase / Decrease -196.230 -8.721 0 -26.164 -231.115 -575.607 8.721 34.885 -61.049 -593.049Raw Materials Increase / Decrease -112.500 -5.000 0 -15.000 -132.500 -77.500 2.500 10.000 -17.500 -82.500Inventory Increase / Decrease -49.057 -2.180 0 -6.541 -57.779 -33.795 1.090 4.361 -7.631 -35.975

Cash from operations 8.739 128.200 136.470 128.894 402.303 -347.168 182.202 197.312 122.019 154.365

Financing activities Proceeds from Short Term Loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Proceeds from Long Term Loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Repayment of Short Term Loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Repayment of Long Term Loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Payment of Dividends 0 0 0 0 0 -66.131 0 0 0 -66.131

Cash from financing activities 0 0 0 0 0 -66.131 0 0 0 -66.131

Investing activities Purchases of Fixed Assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 Increase in Other Current Assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Increase in Other Assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cash from investing activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Increase/(Decrease) in Cash 8.739 128.200 136.470 128.894 402.303 -413.298 182.202 197.312 122.019 88.235

Change in Cash Balance Beginning Cash Balance 531.028 539.767 667.967 804.437 531.028 933.331 520.033 702.235 899.547 933.331 Ending Cash Balance 539.767 667.967 804.437 933.331 933.331 520.033 702.235 899.547 1.021.566 1.021.566

Increase/(Decrease) in Cash 8.739 128.200 136.470 128.894 402.303 -413.298 182.202 197.312 122.019 88.235

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Ratio Analysis

Liquidity ratios Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Working capital in Euro 575.427 1.066.668 1.674.745Current Ratio 7,3 3,5 3,7Quick Ratio (Acid Test) 7,1 3,3 3,5

Activity ratios Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Receivables turnover 20,6 9,3 4,9Days of receivables 17,7 39,3 75,2Inventory turnover 53,8 21,4 22,3Days inventory on hand 6,8 17,0 16,4Operating cycle 24,5 56,3 91,6Asset turnover 0,82 1,11 1,34

Debt ratios Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Debt ratio 5% 17% 19%

Profitability ratios Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Gross Profit Margin 34,6% 42,3% 42,6%Operating Profit Margin 12,6% 18,3% 15,6%Net Profit Margin 10,7% 15,6% 13,3%Return on Total Assets 9% 17% 18%Return on Owners' Equity 9% 21% 22%

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Discount factor (%) 15

( in EUR) 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Investment 1.600.000

Cash Inflow10% of nominal value of equip. 160.000

Revenues from sales 1.526.230 2.834.426 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656

Total inflow (EUR) 1.526.230 2.834.426 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.360.656 4.520.656 39.405.904

Cash OutflowDirect Material Costs -641.016 -1.190.459 -1.831.475 -3.662.950

Personnel -310.800 -360.000 -540.600 -1.211.400Selling Costs -45.787 -113.377 -218.033 -377.197

R & D -15.262 -28.344 -87.213 -130.819Maintenance -61.049 -113.377 -174.426 -348.852Energy Costs -45.787 -85.033 -130.820 -261.640

Fixed & Administrative Expences -91.574 -170.066 -261.639 -523.279Marketing -122.098 -255.098 -436.066 -813.262

Total outflow -1.333.373 -2.315.754 -3.680.272 -3.680.272 -3.680.272 -3.680.272 -3.680.272 -3.680.272 -3.680.272 -3.680.272 -33.091.303

Total cash flow -1.600.000 192.857 518.672 680.384 680.384 680.384 680.384 680.384 680.384 680.384 840.384 6.314.601Discount factor 0,87 0,76 0,66 0,57 0,50 0,43 0,38 0,33 0,28 0,25

Discounted Cash Flow 167.702 392.191 447.364 389.012 338.271 294.149 255.782 222.419 193.408 207.730 2.908.025,40

Discount factor (%) 15NPV 1.308.025

Internal Rate of Return (IRR) 30,8%

Payback Time (years) 3,4

NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV )INTERNAL RATE of RETURN (IRR)PAYBACK TIME

Total:

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National Nomenclature

of Industrial Products, 2008

Title of the product Production Import Production Import Production Import Production Import Production Import

101111

Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled t 2.106 19.645 2.211 18.830 2.590 17.436 2.255 17.111 2.071 16.874

101112Meat of swine, fresh or chilled t 16.332 2.121 16.556 1.734 15.304 2.219 13.342 3.260 14.096 2.562

101113

Fresh or chilled carcasses; half-carcasses and cuts of lamb or sheep t 12.902 0 12.739 0 11.957 43 11.500 0 0 11.300

101210Meat of poultry, fresh or chilled t 10.062 2.067 4.722 8.139 10.225 2.975 10.648 3.252 11.631 3.069

101311

Swine meat, cuts, salted, dried or smoked(bacon and ham) t 4.039 187 4.417 353 5.676 200 6.764 135 7.203 139

101312Bovine meat, salted, dried or smoked t 813 10 877 19 1.147 27 1.101 33 829 26

101313Fish fillets and other fish meat t 830 382 1.191 808 1.735 415 2.286 14 2.385 15

Source: State Statistical Office of the RM

2008 2009 20102006 2007

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Meat Market Trend in RM